The sea of tears

" ... Delves into the tangled relationships of hidden worlds of people brought together, and torn apart under extraordinary circumstances. One man, Jedra has fled his native Iraq and taken a technician job at the Royale Hotel, where he works in the boiler room and pines for the attention of Phyllis, the front desk clerk who mysteriously remembers. Heaven. Khouri, an Iranian engineer whose entire family has died before attends a business conference at the Royale. There he meets Patricia, single mother and hotel maid, and finds himself wanting in ways he never has before. And int he penthouse apartment, a young loner named Daniel Espirito cannot escape his memories of Brazil, his only contact with the world being his room service delivery. That is, until the day the hotel chef, Leslie Downing, comes knocking on his door."--Cover.